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[Shalom1]

Some light of hope from my corner.
London VO sent me an email this morning.
The email was to acknowledge the receipt of my son's application yesterday and also to notify me that my son's medical has been issued and will leave their office today. In anticipation of getting it tomorrow, I have booked his medical for monday. Hope things move faster from now.

Shalom

 

[engy]

Dear Engy,

Thanks for sharing ur information.

You VO react very fast to you.

Congrats again pharmacist friend.

Regards
Mayank

Thank you Mayank

 

[satyasuman]

Dear all,

By God's grace i received my PPR from buffalo. But the problem is that my wife is pregnant and expected in january, so i am not sure shall we send the passports now or wait for the baby. We both are in US now and my job contract runs till march, 2012. Therefore, we are in dilemma what to do? Can we land with my wife being pregnant and come back to US? Please give your suggestions!!!!

Hey!!

Congratulations on PR and for "would be daddy" status.

I dont know which part of Canada are you planning to land. But, here is what I would say.

Canada has got lot of benifits for the new born babies when compared to USA. Certain provinces in canada would support with some finances as well just for baby. Also, Medical is completely free of cost. No need of insurance company & delivery costs. Just the medicines are to be bought. This is just an example. Lot of other things are there in canada. Do your research and take a best step. You can contact me if you have any questions. Since My current status is also "Would be Daddy", I know certain things now.

Regards,
satya.

 

[engy]

Some light of hope from my corner.
London VO sent me an email this morning.
The email was to acknowledge the receipt of my son's application yesterday and also to notify me that my son's medical has been issued and will leave their office today. In anticipation of getting it tomorrow, I have booked his medical for monday. Hope things move faster from now.

Shalom

congratulation Shalom

 

[Baloo]

.... Medical is completely free of cost. No need of insurance company & delivery costs. Just the medicines are to be bought. .......

This depends on the province.

 

[satyasuman]

Dear Satya,

I am happy that you are ready to help new guys.

Can you please share how do we get good accommodation from india that is fair & accessible to all the facilities ?

Please share link if possible.

Regards
Mayank

You are welcome!!! Well, Let me share my experience in canada.

Back ground: I was in USA for about 5 and half to 6 years. A company has offered me a full time position in canada through work permit.
This is how I did: I got my visa stamping done at buffalo consulate(walk in). Just drove by to toronto and stayed in a hotel for about 10 days and did search for apartments for rent. I had previlage. If any one is gonna come from USA, I would recommend this way.

If any one is coming from india directly, You have no choice except to believe some people here.

Why and How? You can browse online apartments/basements/condos etc which are available for rent. Here is a website that may help you. www.kijiji.ca. My advice is to go on to google.com and search for something like "condos for rent in <area name>". Now, how do you know about area name? It depends on where you want to live. Normally people would like to stay close to grocerry stores, communte etc. I can suggest the place where I live now. Its mississauga where most new immigrants would come here.

My suggestion is to find a place on the net, find contact info, speak to the landlord and explain him/her that you are coming for the first time as new immigrant. Try to avoid lease. Land lords would ask for lease. Never getting into the mode of lease since you havent seen the place yet. Come here. Stay at a place for 2 to 3 months. If you like it, you can extend your stay otherwise you will move out. Clearly set your expectations like this with the landlord. Do not comprimise until you find a landlord with these conditions. There are lot of landlords available who are offering basements accepting to these conditions.

Try going onto maps.google.com and search for "Dundas Street East, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada". browse through the map and see what are there close by.
Transits: GO and TTC which connects to Toronto downtown. Mississauga transit: local city transit.
Stores: Dundas st has got all the indian grocerry stores other big stores etc.

Once you are here, there will be a check list to go through.

Hope this info helps.

Thanks,
satya.

 

[satyasuman]

This depends on the province.

Yeah, thats true. I think I have mentioned that. If not, yeah!! All the facilities here depends on the province.

Satya.

 

[Shalom1]

congratulation Shalom

Thank you engy.

 

[mayankpandya]

Dear Satya,

Thanks for information.

Really useful tips. Please share your more inputs on Job searching tool also.

Regards
Mayank

You are welcome!!! Well, Let me share my experience in canada.

Back ground: I was in USA for about 5 and half to 6 years. A company has offered me a full time position in canada through work permit.
This is how I did: I got my visa stamping done at buffalo consulate(walk in). Just drove by to toronto and stayed in a hotel for about 10 days and did search for apartments for rent. I had previlage. If any one is gonna come from USA, I would recommend this way.

If any one is coming from india directly, You have no choice except to believe some people here.

Why and How? You can browse online apartments/basements/condos etc which are available for rent. Here is a website that may help you. www.kijiji.ca. My advice is to go on to google.com and search for something like "condos for rent in <area name>". Now, how do you know about area name? It depends on where you want to live. Normally people would like to stay close to grocerry stores, communte etc. I can suggest the place where I live now. Its mississauga where most new immigrants would come here.

My suggestion is to find a place on the net, find contact info, speak to the landlord and explain him/her that you are coming for the first time as new immigrant. Try to avoid lease. Land lords would ask for lease. Never getting into the mode of lease since you havent seen the place yet. Come here. Stay at a place for 2 to 3 months. If you like it, you can extend your stay otherwise you will move out. Clearly set your expectations like this with the landlord. Do not comprimise until you find a landlord with these conditions. There are lot of landlords available who are offering basements accepting to these conditions.

Try going onto maps.google.com and search for "Dundas Street East, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada". browse through the map and see what are there close by.
Transits: GO and TTC which connects to Toronto downtown. Mississauga transit: local city transit.
Stores: Dundas st has got all the indian grocerry stores other big stores etc.

Once you are here, there will be a check list to go through.

Hope this info helps.

Thanks,
satya.

 

[satyasuman]

Dear Satya,

Thanks for information.

Really useful tips. Please share your more inputs on Job searching tool also.

Regards
Mayank

Mayank,

That is an area that I haven't touched yet. I really dont know how to search for a job outside of IT in canada. If its IT, I know how to search for a job. Normally, I heard people coming here for the first time would look for some odd jobs immediately until they get a job in their own profession.

How to get odd jobs? thats easy. Once you are here, you can just go knock the doors(stores) and find out.

In your own profession? May be some where online. I haven't tried outside of IT.

Regards,
satya.

 

[ammaartahir]

I will run down there right now, amaar and SHOUT IT through their letter box ;D ;D
Something must have gone wrong with their system!

Ah, well. The randomness of London defies logic, but I am still rooting for you, amaar. 8)

So glad to see you can still see some humour in this demoralising wait. :-*

You know Helen, my wife and I have been living separate for a long time now and we had a plan that as soon as the PR visa would arrive, we would've moved together to Canada... but the wait is killing us! I am so glad that you went to your husband and had a great time with him... similarly, my wife is with me now a days (though for only 2 months ) and we are enjoying our stay together... but as this time is running out, we are praying more and more that we get the PR asap but to no avail! Now, I have made up my mind to forget Canada for a while and enjoy the present time and devise alternative methods for us being together

Thanks a lot for being an encouragement always! I pray you get your visa asap and join your husband forever

Ammaar

 

[ammaartahir]

LOL ........... Hope and Patience are the key to be sane ...... Still it IS a demoralising wait...... Hope everything will be fine ....

Cheers, aNil

Thanks bro.... trying

 

[ammaartahir]

Hi QC,

Why U r so depressed and creating a panic among Pakistani applicant, I am Pakistani Too and In Process within a period of 3 month after filling an application.

My Time line
Application to CIC 2 march
In Process with processing on my file from 31may.

Lets pray for all and do hope best for you and all other irrespective of nationality.

Dear shah0207, she is not at all creating any panic for Pakistanis; it was just her observation after seeing one of the Pakistani cases which processed extremely fast! In the end, we can conclude that London VO treats everyone the same and processes the files randomly. Cheer up bro

 

[ammaartahir]

I am not creating panic in Pakistani applicants - if there is any reason for anyone to panic, then Pakistani applicants in general have the least reason to do so as are doing much better out of London that anyone else!!
It has taken more than 9 and a half MONTHS for us to go from application date to IN PROCESS, which is three times as long as you and in general that is the case with Pakistan applicants to London - they are being processed faster.

In any case, there are posters from the similar application time to me such as amaartahir who is also a Pakistan applicant who know that I bear them no ill-will, in fact they know they are in my thoughts and prayers a lot and that I am always hoping for their progress as much as and alongside my own. We have been waiting so long together ,we are the London Forgotten Club!!

I know that the others who are still waiting from July/Aug/Sept London batch know that I am in support of them all every day. Country of origin is only a way that London VO discriminates between us. I have no discrimination in my mind when I speak to other people on this forum because I feel for their happiness and also for their sadness and bitterness through this process. If we are all honest, then we have all felt a pang of bitterness when we see others leapfrog us at the same VO. That is only natural.

Not only that, but I know and feel I have kinship with several others here who are waiting while being without their loved ones. That is a hard road to take and every day I think about the whole group of us, including the Spouses and partners who I do not even know and feel for their sadness alongside my own.

So, I thought you would have understood from my smileys that this was said tongue in cheek, shah!
Perhaps the British sense of humour does not come across well to everyone in this format of written word - that is why the smileys are there - to show some humour in the words. When things are tough, you have to laugh in the face of adversity

amaartahir certainly got the joke! ;D

True, Helen has been a great support and help for the forum, irrespective of nationalities, and I have a great respect for this lady!

 

[mari1981]

Guys,
I am based out of GTA (Toronto, mississauga) area. It just took a day to open my accounts.

Here are few tips.

Bank: RBC/TD/CIBC : all these banks are the same. I prefer RBC due to their business.
Phones: new Immigrants fall prey to Bell/Rogers. I was a victim. My sincere advice is not to go with these two carriers. I would recommend WIND mobile. I am planning to change this september to wind. Wind has got good economical plans.
Internet: same like Mobile Phone. I would recommend Techsavvy internet which is economical and high speed. This is the only carrier which provides unlimited internet with less price.

Any new immigrants can contact me if you want any information. This is just to help new immigrants.

Thanks,
satya.

I live in Mississauga too

Mari